joint-racking

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Causing pain in the joints.

Etymologies

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Examples

When the poor emaciated wrecks of manhood have to obey the calls of Nature, they must either wallow in their own filth or stagger a few paces from their wet beds on the slimy soil to deposit more germs of disease and death on the surface already reeking with ghastly, joint-racking rheums.